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AI Leadership · October 11, 2026 · 1 min read

Adobe, Coca-Cola and Walmart: How AI Is Rewriting CEO Succession

Fortune argues that AI strategy is now a defining test in choosing the next chief executive.

Adobe, Coca-Cola and Walmart: How AI Is Rewriting CEO Succession

Fortune reported in March that Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen's exit shows how the AI revolution is upending corporate leadership, and later wrote that Coca-Cola, Walmart and Adobe show how AI is rewriting CEO succession.

The argument is that boards increasingly weigh a candidate's ability to lead through AI-driven change, including cost structure, product strategy and workforce planning. We note this is Fortune's analysis, not a statement from the companies named.

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